Glove.



No. 709,595. Patented Sept. 23, I902.

B. N. CARSON.

GLOVE.

(Application filed-July 8, 1902.)

(No Model.)

UNITE STATES ROBERT N. CARSON, OF SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.

GLOVE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 709,595, dated September 23, 1902.

Application filed July 3, 1902. Serial No. 114,252. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, ROBERT N. CARSON, a citizen of the United States, residing in the city and county of San Francisco, State of California, have invented an Improvement in Gloves; and I hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same.

My invention relates to improvements in gloves, andis especially designed to reinforce gloves such as are used for handling hot metal or for handling wire ropes and for other uses where there is great strain and wear upon the glove, which would soon destroy the ordinary glove.

It consists in a novel reinforcement of the palm, the inside of the thumb, and the first finger and in details of construction, which will be more fully explained by reference to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a view of the palm of the glove.

Fig. 2 is a view of the back. Fig. 3 is the shape of the reinforcingpiece.

A is the glove, having the thumb 2 and the fingers 3, formed of leather so cut as to carry the principal seams 4 to the back, leaving the front portion of the fingers and thumb essentially of a single piece and the seams carried back out of the line of wear.

In my present invention I form a reinforcing-piece 5, which extends across the palm of the hand, being stitched to the line of stitching on the outside of the little finger, extending thence across below the base of the three outer fingers, and being stitched along this line. At thispoint anotch is formed, as at 6, which allows the edge 7 to be carried around the inside between the first and sec ond fingers and to be stitched well back from the front. Thence this portion extends up to near the top of the first finger, and it is then carried around the side of the first finger until the edge 8 is entirely behind said finger, extending downwardly to a point below the junction of the thumb and the first finger. The material is then cut in a curve, as at 9, and the circular reinforce 10 of the thumbis cut out between the line 9 and the line 11, as shown, this circular portion being connected with the part which surrounds the forefinger without any seam, thus making a smooth and strongly-reinforced connection between the two. Gloves reinforced in this manner are peculiarly adapted to handle ingots of hot metal and bars from which the coin blanks are cut out, such as in mints.- They are also adapted for the handling of wire ropes and for other rough heavy work.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination with a glove of a reinforcing palm-piece having an extension surrounding the forefinger, and a corresponding extension surrounding the inner portion of the thumb.

2. The combination with a glove of a reinforcement consisting of a piece extending across the palm from the outer side of the little finger, thence extending up and surrounding the inner part of the forefinger, and having an extension in continuation therewith surrounding the inner portion of the thumb.

3. In combination with the palm and finger portion of a glove, a reinforcing-piece consisting of a part to surround the inner portion of the thumb, a part to surround the inner portion of the forefinger and a part extending across the palm, all cut from a single continuous piece of material.

In witnesswhereof I have hereunto set my hand.

ROBERT N. CARSON.

Witnesses:

JAMES MASON, GEO. T. VINCENT. 

